{"product_id":"sacraments-of-memory-catholicism-and-slavery-in-contemporary-african-american-literature-paperback","title":"Sacraments of Memory: Catholicism and Slavery in Contemporary African American Literature - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eErin Michael Salius\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCatholic themes and imagery in the work of writers including Toni\u003cbr\u003eMorrison, Leon Forrest, Phyllis Alesia Perry, and Charles Johnson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSacraments of Memory\u003c\/em\u003e is the first book to focus\u003cbr\u003eon Catholic themes and imagery in African American literature. Erin Michael\u003cbr\u003eSalius discovers striking elements of the religion in neo-slave narratives\u003cbr\u003ewritten by Toni Morrison, Leon Forrest, Phyllis Alesia Perry, and Charles\u003cbr\u003eJohnson, among others. Examining the emergence of this major literary genre\u003cbr\u003efollowing Vatican II and amidst the Black Power and civil rights movements, she\u003cbr\u003euncovers the presence of Catholic rituals and mysteries--including references to\u003cbr\u003ethe Eucharist, Augustinian theology, spirit possession, and stigmata. These\u003cbr\u003etextual references occur alongside and in tension with criticisms of the\u003cbr\u003eChurch's political and social policies. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSalius\u003cbr\u003eoffers a nuanced reading of \u003cem\u003eBeloved\u003c\/em\u003e that\u003cbr\u003einterprets the novel in light of Toni Morrison's affiliation with the religion.\u003cbr\u003eShe argues that Morrison, and the other novelists in this study, draw on a\u003cbr\u003eCatholic countertradition in American literature that resists Enlightenment\u003cbr\u003erationality. She highlights allusions to Catholic tropes such as the\u003cbr\u003econnections between spirit possession and the hijacking of Jane's narrative\u003cbr\u003evoice in Ernest Gaines's \u003cem\u003eThe\u003cbr\u003eAutobiography of Miss Jane Pittman.\u003c\/em\u003e Salius also identifies\u003cbr\u003eAugustinian theology on the prescience of God in the flash-forward narrative\u003cbr\u003etechniques used in Edward P. Jones's \u003cem\u003eThe\u003cbr\u003eKnown World.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese\u003cbr\u003eauthors use Catholicism to challenge the historical realism of past slave\u003cbr\u003eautobiographies and the conventional story of American slavery. Ultimately, \u003cbr\u003eSalius contends that this tradition enables these novelists to imagine and\u003cbr\u003eexpress radically different ways of remembering the past. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication of the paperback edition made possible by a Sustaining\u003cbr\u003ethe Humanities through the American Rescue Plan grant from the National\u003cbr\u003eEndowment for the Humanities.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 234\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.54 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 04, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757750485280,"sku":"9780813068893","price":29.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/013dcc253db8512d6d33a5ce9c047fd0.webp?v=1780110914","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/sacraments-of-memory-catholicism-and-slavery-in-contemporary-african-american-literature-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}